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We’re looking for an experienced and practical lawyer to join our team supporting our Global Content Organization (GCO). This is a unique opportunity to join a nimble team in a growing organization and work on challenging issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.
What you’ll do:
- Serve as the lead lawyer responsible for being the primary lawyer to the GCO organization.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements, including creator/talent, content licensing, development, production, services, sponsorship, collaboration, co-marketing, releases, and media-buying agreements.
- Counsel on topics customarily supported by marketing and content lawyers, such as intellectual property rights, the FTC’s endorsement guides, rights of publicity, licensing, and promotions (e.g., contests and sweepstakes).
- Provide day-to-day legal counseling and strategic advice to GCO on creator, content, marketing, and monetization initiatives.
- Provide cross-functional leaders with pragmatic and strategic advice to minimize legal risks while advancing business goals and initiatives.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to identify risk, propose practical paths forward, and escalate or involve subject-matter experts where appropriate.
- Responsibly leverage AI tools to create templates, playbooks, processes, and other solutions that improve efficiency.
- Responsibly leverage AI tools to create templates, playbooks, processes, and other solutions that improve efficiency.
What we’re looking for:
- JD with at least 10 years of experience, with substantial experience negotiating content, media, marketing, IP-adjacent, or commercial agreements, including at least 5 years in-house. Admission to a state bar with an active license in good standing is required
- Experience counseling creative, content, creator, media, marketing, or business teams at a technology, media, entertainment, advertising, or consumer-facing company. Experience at a company that operates a UGC platform is preferred.
- Working knowledge of intellectual property, rights clearance, right of publicity, endorsements/FTC, promotions, and related consumer-protection issues
- Experience with developing creative business-oriented solutions in a fast-paced environment and under tight deadlines
- Strong client-service mindset with the ability to identify, prioritize, and resolve issues independently
- Excellent judgment, communication skills, and a collaborative, low-ego working style
- Exceptional judgment and impeccable integrity with excellent communication skills
- Experience supporting global or multi-market initiatives is a plus
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
In-Office Requirement Statement: Insert to clarify in-office requirement for the role.
- We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
Our Commitment to Inclusion:
Skills Required
- Juris Doctor degree
- At least 10 years of legal experience
- At least 5 years of in-house legal experience
- Admission to a state bar with an active license in good standing
- Substantial experience negotiating content, media, marketing, intellectual property-adjacent, or commercial agreements
- Experience counseling creative, content, creator, media, marketing, or business teams at a technology, media, entertainment, advertising, or consumer-facing company
- Working knowledge of intellectual property, rights clearance, rights of publicity, endorsements and FTC guidelines, promotions, and related consumer-protection issues
- Experience developing creative, business-oriented solutions in fast-paced environments under tight deadlines
- Strong client-service mindset and ability to identify, prioritize, and resolve issues independently
- Excellent judgment, communication, and collaboration skills
- Collaborative, low-ego working style
- Exceptional judgment and impeccable integrity
- Experience at a company operating a user-generated-content platform
- Experience supporting global or multi-market initiatives
Pinterest Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Pinterest and has not been reviewed or approved by Pinterest.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with top-tier medical, dental, and vision plans plus robust mental health support.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is characterized as generous, with a global policy providing substantial time away. Support also extends to adoption assistance, fertility benefits, caregiver resources, and family medical leave.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is portrayed as flexible and generous, including vacation and paid holiday closures.
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What We Do
Pinterest is the visual inspiration platform people around the world use to shop products personalized to their taste, find ideas to do offline and discover the most inspiring creators. Today, more than 460 million people come to the platform every month to explore and experience billions of ideas that have been saved. We’re proud to help people to discover and do what they love.
